The beginning of the movie was full of the vitality of youth, the boys and girls were full of enthusiasm, their laughter was crisp, and they were playing together.
Zhi Ying was sitting upright, with her hands on her knees. It seemed as if she was not watching a youth romance movie, but some serious political movie.
The film was the most popular youth series at the time. It was combined with elements of bloody, violent abortions and other plot devices. At the end, there was a mere sad memory.
In the beginning, Zhi Ying was still distracted thinking about how to discuss with Jiang Wei after watching it, from the meaning of life or the universe. Later, Zhi Ying's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but gasp when she saw the excessive plot.
Suddenly there were some scenes inappropriate for children, before Zhi Ying could even react, her eyes were suddenly covered with a hand.
"Don't look, it's not pleasant." Jiang Wei turned his head and whispered in a low voice.
Zhi Ying nodded obediently, yes, she was still a child, and then covered her ears with her hands.
About two minutes later, Jiang Wei moved his palm away, and lightly touched Zhi Ying's hand covering her ears, "It's okay now."
Zhi Ying didn't dare to fully open her eyes, but showed a little gap, and only opened her eyes after seeing that the screen was normal. She put down her hands.
"Do you want some popcorn?" Jiang Wei deliberately distracted her. The movie was too painful to watch, so it wasn't worth watching at all.
Zhi Ying paused in the dark: Oops, she forgot the twenty-third line about popcorn in the movie chapter of "Book of Love".
The book said to put popcorn between the armrests of the chairs between the two, and it was best to touch each other's hands "inadvertently" when watching the movie.
She just paid attention to the movie and forgot, and now the movie was already half over.
Zhi Ying hurriedly said that she wanted to eat, and asked Jiang Wei to eat with her.
Holding a piece of popcorn in her hand, Zhi Ying put it in her mouth and chewed it, watching Jiang Wei from the corner of her eye.
He reached out to grab a few pieces of popcorn after Zhi Ying took them.
After observing for a long time, Zhi Ying determined the frequency of the two of them, and finally decided to 'accidentally' touch Jiang Wei's hand the next time she reached out.
Zhi Ying's eyes fell on the screen, counting the time in her heart, and slowly stretched out her hand.
"Ah—" Suddenly there was a scream in the movie.
Zhi Ying herself had a guilty conscience, and she didn't pay attention to the plot in the movie. She was so frightened that she couldn't react for a long time, so she could care less about touching Jiang Wei's hand.
On the other hand, Jiang Wei saw Zhi Ying's hand reaching for the popcorn, and didn't pick up any for a long time. He reached out and took out a few pieces of popcorn and stuffed them into Zhi Ying's hand.
At this time Zhi Ying squeezed subconsciously, just holding Jiang Wei's hand, she lost her mood, how could she still care about the line in "Book of Love".
"This movie...is terrible." Zhi Ying leaned slightly against the chair, her throat seemed to be choked, and her face was pale.
At this time, the female lead fell down and sat in the rain. Her hair was stuck in locks, and she was still screaming. It seemed that it was right to say that she was a ghost.
Zhi Ying was really frightened, especially the scream that just now seemed to explode in her ears. Her expression wasn't looking any good, and her lips were tightly pursed.
The cinema was originally dim, and Jiang Wei couldn't see Zhi Ying's face clearly, but he could clearly hear something was wrong from what she said just now.
Sometimes when people were frightened, it would take them a long time to recover. Zhi Ying was in this state for a long time.
"Zhi Ying, Zhi Ying," Jiang Wei frowned and called her softly.
Zhi Ying hadn't responded since she said that sentence, and she still held the popcorn and Jiang Wei's finger in her hand.
Jiang Wei had no choice but to use the light on the screen to lightly pinch Zhi Ying's chin with his other hand, making her look at him.
"We won't watch it, hm?" Jiang Wei met Zhi Ying's eyes, full of worry.
After staring at Jiang Wei for a long time, Zhi Ying's fear subsided, and she immediately let go of Jiang Wei's hand and murmured sorry.
Jiang Wei also let go of Zhi Ying.
"I was startled by her sudden scream just now, and I'm fine now." Zhi Ying stuffed the popcorn in her mouth, and continued vaguely, "Let's continue watching."
Jiang Wei clenched his fists to hold back on holding Zhi Ying's hand.
It was not allowed to leave the scene halfway. If "Book of Love" didn't say it was okay, then it was not okay, Zhi Ying thought firmly.
After watching the movie, it was like pushing the psychological limit of normal people. Zhi Ying was so depressed when she came out that she couldn't understand what the characters in the movie did.
Jiang Wei stopped at the entrance of the cinema, took off the scarf he had been wearing all night, and wrapped it around Zhi Ying instead,
Zhi Ying's ignorant face was surrounded by two yellow tiger cubs, and she looked even more dazed.
"You're not going to wear it?" Zhi Ying asked Jiang Wei with her face raised.
Oh no, "Book of Love" didn't say what to do if Jiang Wei returned it.
"Mhm, I'm not cold, see." Jiang Wei stretched out his hand to hold Zhi Ying's hand, so that she could feel the warmth in his palm.
Being held by warm palms didn't feel uncomfortable, Zhi Ying opened her eyes slightly, "You are dressed so much less than me, yet you are still warmer than me."
Jiang Wei laughed, his eyes were soft, and he looked even more handsome under the mottled lights of the theater, "You are a girl, and your physique is different from mine."
"Oh." Zhi Ying seemed to understand, and looked at Jiang Wei enviously, "I feel very cold in winter, if only I were a boy."
"..." Jiang Wei sighed inwardly, and did not continue to discuss this topic with Zhi Ying.
The two seemed to have forgotten that they were still holding hands, and they didn't separate until they entered a restaurant.
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Watching a movie really did help!
Zhi Ying looked at Jiang Wei who came back from fetching water and thought to herself, they seemed to get along better.
"Your water." Jiang Wei held a glass of water in one hand, sat down and handed the glass of water in his right hand to Zhi Ying.
"Thank you." Zhi Ying was content to enjoy the help from her deskmate, but she didn't realize that Jiang Wei hadn't had a sip of water after fetching water until after school.
It was impossible for Jiang Wei not to notice Zhi Yingyi's sudden closeness to him, but he just enjoyed Zhi Ying's sly closeness, and was willing to indulge her as she played around.
The atmosphere in the class was a little more relaxed than the beginning of school. For most students, the competition was almost over, and only a few individuals still needed to continue to participate.
"Ah! I'm going crazy!" During the evening self-study, Zhao Qian smashed his head on the table, making a banging sound.
"Are you sick?" Han Jiaojiao glanced at her deskmate in disgust, "You go crazy during every evening self-study."
Zhao Qian complained depressedly, "I want to go home, I want to practice my programming!"
He passed the preliminary round of the informatics competition in October and was now preparing for the second matchup.
"What are you in a hurry for? Isn't the informatics competition held next year?" Han Jiaojiao glanced at his listless look for a while and asked.
"You don't know that there are masters in it. Last time I just passed the preliminary round by luck."
"You are just overreacting." Han Jiaojiao muttered and turned away from Zhao Qian.
Now Qin Li and Zhao Qiantian looked overly nervous. Han Jiaojiao could still understand Qin Li though. After all, his grades were not top-notch, but he still wanted to attend a very prestigious school.
As for Zhao Qian, she didn't understand him at all.
Zhao Qian himself had already decided on what school he wanted to go to. With his grades, if he improved his English, he would definitely be able to enter the school. And probably because he was learning programming, Zhao Qian's English had improved rapidly this year.
"Ying Ying, I'm so sad!" Seeing that his deskmate ignored him, Zhao Qian could only turn around and harass Zhi Ying.